rd, Black-chinned, 23-25, 147-158, 161, 202, 217-219.
around flowers by house, 88.
attacking horse and rider, 7.
building, 149-155.
call, 153.
courtship dance, 149.
enter house, 89.
feeding from primroses, 69.
feeding young, 23, 24, 155, 217.
help in cross-fertilization, 150.
nest, 23.
nest destroyed, 26.
nesting sites, 23, 89, 130, 147-148, 155, 158, 161, 217-218.
perch, 57, 167.
probing tobacco-tree flowers, 88.
tremulous moulding, 152.

Hummingbird, Rufous, 147.
around wild gooseberries, 147, 168.
song, 168.

Irrigation, natural, 21, 38, 159-160.

Jay, California, 59, 61, 84-85, 105, 123, 160, 161.
disciplining young, 85.
frightening small birds, 28, 58, 60, 84, 141.
local name, 6.
protecting young, 85.
scream, 169, 184.
tender to young, 84, 85.

Kingbird,
Arkansas. See Bee-bird.
Cassin's. See Bee-bird.
Eastern, 91.

Linnet. See Finch.

Lions, colts killed by, 30.

List of Birds referred to, ix.

List of Illustrations, vii.

Lizards, as eggers, 28, 150, 200, 203.

Magpie, 51, 98.

Mexican bridle, 3.

Miring, 17-19.

Mockingbird, thrasher's resemblance to, 6.

Mountain Billy, 20.
a good lope, 42-43, 112.
a narrow escape, 120.
a petted companion, 165, 187.
carrying blue gum boughs, 211.
carrying a chair, 60-61.
enjoying blue gum grove, 214, 218.
frightened by deer, 28-30.
ignoring snakes, 187-188.
improving his time, 68, 69, 114.
inventing a fly brush, 54, 55.
rolling, 165-166.

Mutual help in nature, 150.

Nesting season, date in southern California, 21, 30, 67, 69, 86.

Nests, broken up, 10, 26, 27, 47, 127, 143, 145, 158, 172, 204,
206, 217.
building, hard work, 56, 60, 107.
building methods, 49-50, 52-54, 82, 107, 108, 109, 127, 135,
136, 142, 150-154, 158, 175, 199, 200, 203, 204, 205-206, 207.
defective building (?), 106.
excessive amount of material, 96, 107, 108.
knothole entrance too small, 131.
materials of first nest used in second, 60, 107, 109-110, 154.
moved to safer place, 60, 154.
odd situations, 9, 95, 130, 171.
protective coloration, 82, 90, 144, 150.
rapid building, 108, 206.
second, 48 (?), 60, 107, 154, 186.
snakes in, 108.
third (?), 60.
time taken to build, 60.
unusual materials, 1